25. Quick Thinks: All Effective Communic...

What it takes to lead as a communicator and communicate as a leader.Leadership isn’t just about making decisions — it’s about how you communicate them. As Matt Abrahams puts it, “Communication is operationalized leadership.”At a recent Me2We event, in connection with Stanford GSB ... Show More

The hidden habits behind calm, confident communicators.What does it really take to become a more confident communicator? In this special collaboration between Think Fast, Talk Smart and Headspace, host Matt Abrahams shares practical, mindful strategies for speaking with clarity, ... Show More

What keeps us from being more social? Nick Epley calls it a “mind-reading mistake.”We all think about what others think, particularly what they think about us. The problem, says Nick Epley, is that we’re almost always wrong.Epley is a professor of behavioral science at the Univer ... Show More

<p>#797 It's one thing to come up with an idea for a business, but following through on your vision is another thing altogether. Today, I'm happy to introduce you to someone who has done just that. I met Dr. Yishan Xu in 2019 and she has since published almost two hundred episode ... Show More

<p>Stanford professor, author, and podcast host Matt Abrahams is back on the show to share simple tips that will help you think faster and talk smarter. You’ll learn:</p><ul><li>How to manage speaking anxiety symptoms</li><li>Simple ways to structure your communication for the au ... Show More

<p>Communication is a critical skill for success—and the truth is — the more confident you are at communicating your ideas, successes, and needs, the more you will be seen as a leader and as leadership material. Danielle Robay, a journalist and Pretty Smart podcast host will teac ... Show More

<p><strong>Matt Abrahams </strong>is a renowned communication expert, with decades of teaching, coaching, and consulting experience. At Stanford University, he teaches a business school class on strategic communication. Beyond academia, he’s a sought-after keynote speaker and con ... Show More

We all love getting advice from our audience, our mentors, our seniors, our listeners. In this episode, we discuss some of the feedback we've got about the podcast so far and wonder to what extent we should change things up based on advice. We then generalise this to general life ... Show More

Ready to learn exactly what your audience wants to hear and learn? Make content creation with this simple strategy that connects you directly with your audience members and hear (from their mouths) what content topics would peak their interest the most. This strategy is simple an ... Show More

Many problems, big or small, always seem to start with bad communication. There's an old saying that "The biggest communication problem is that we do not listen to understand, we listen to reply." Today's episode is all about the shockingly massive importance of communication in ... Show More